For all the joys associated with teaching a kid to skate — the shrieks of happiness, the “I’m doing it” look — there are certain pains as well. Namely the aches in one’s back and knees after spending two hours bending at the waist to hold onto tiny hands as they wobble around on miniature [...]
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Tournament directors (and their sponsors) are hoping to see sights like this in the very near future As a backyard rinkbuilder, the balmy start to this winter has left me annoyed. That I have a few dozen backyard rink customers, many of whom are rinkbuilding for the first time and who are looking to me [...] Longtime readers of the site will remember this from last year — you remember, the season we filled on December 10th and skated a full two weeks before Christmas? This year, as I sit here and type this, it’s 39 degrees and raining in Southern New Hampshire. Forecast for tomorrow is 50 degrees with a [...] If you’re a regular reader of this site, you know all about the story of Luke Phillips, who won a Ford contest and drove a new Explorer to Minnesota to play some pond hockey with his buddies. While researching Luke’s story, I came across an oil painting done by famed Minnesotan Terrence Fogarty. Titled ‘Mork’s [...] Whether or not you’re of the entrepreneurial mindset, you undoubtedly run into a product every now and then that makes you say, “DAMN! Why didn’t I think of that?” Get ready to say it again in about ten seconds. Every backyard rink or pond hockey skater has had this same issue: do you get [...] |
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